Costa Deliziosa launch to host ‘champion’ travel agents
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On its launch, Costa Deliziosa will also play host to the 17th annual “Champions of the Sea 2009″, held between the 1 and 5 February 2010. Costa Cruises, Italy’s largest tourism group and Europe’s number one cruise company, will create a unique setting for the Champions of the Sea aboard its fifteenth ship as it leaves the Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera.
Held during the five-day cruise from Venice to Savona, with calls in Naples and Livorno, this traditional annual event is dedicated to the best travel agents, Costa’s partners, and at least 1,500 travel professionals from Europe, Asia, America, Africa and Oceania expected to attend.
“It’s the first time we will host the Champions of the Sea on board a new ship, upon its launch from the shipyard. This allows us to share all the excitement of the debut of our new showpiece with our partners, offering them another opportunity to experience the quality of our product and the uniqueness of a Costa cruise” commented Gianni Onorato, President of Costa Cruises.
“It’s a tribute to those who help us every day to be the biggest and most reliable Italian tourism group and Europe’s number one cruise company. It is thanks to their important contribution that Costa Cruises is recording very positive results this year despite the difficult economic period.”
The best travel agents from around the world will enjoy two gala evenings hosted by Costa Cruises’ top management in the beautiful Duse theatre, where the winners will be presented with exclusively designed trophies featuring depictions of dolphins, the symbol of the event.
The “Over the Top” agencies, the best overall, will also receive beautiful silver artistic creations and a bottle of Amarone Stella Aneri 2004 Special Reserve Costa Deliziosa. This limited edition wine is aged in one of the 15 barrels reserved exclusively for Costa’s ships, with each barrel containing enough wine to fill the 133 bottles labelled with the name of the ship and certificate of product quality.
The three agencies that proposed the most popular pairs of names chosen by Costa Cruises during the “Send Us a Sea of Names” initiative, will also be celebrated during the cruise. The fleet’s new flagships (Costa Favolosa and Costa Fascinosa) will enter service in summer 2011 and spring 2012 respectively.
Furthermore, travel agents will be treated to a sneak preview of all the latest innovations in Costa Cruises annual 2011 catalogue. The November 2010 – January 2012 itineraries will be exclusively revealed for the first time during the Champions of the Sea cruise.
The travel agents on board will be the first to experience the ‘pure pleasure’ of a cruise on Costa Deliziosa (92,600 dwt and 2,862 passengers). With countless opportunities for fun, entertainment and relaxation, passengers can enjoy the avant-garde technology of the 4D cinema, roller-skating track, latest generation golf simulator with outdoor putting green and the same Grand Prix simulator used by professionals to train real grand prix drivers. Also onboard is the 3,500-m
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